Safety ottabd fob dangebotts highways and the like



June' 7, 1927.

, Re. H. C. LOOKABAUGH SAFETY .GUARD FOR DANGEROUS HIGHWAYS AND, THE LKE vommen Filed Apg. s1. 1925 Reissued June r7, 1927.5

, UNITED STATES Re. 16,649 PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY C. LOOKABAUG, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

SAFETY GUARD FOR DANGEROUS HIGHWAYSAND THE LIKE.

originalita. 1,614,795; dated January 1s, 192i, serial No. 53,580, inea agua a1, 1925. Appimation for reissue led February 18, 1927. Serial No. 169,390.

, My invention pertains to safety guards for dangerous highways and the like.

lThe object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described, which will be cheaply, easily and economically made, comparatively easily installed, provide entire safety to travelers up and down mountainous roads, and around dangerous curves thereon, and on other roads', prevent automobiles and other vehicles'from going over the embankments, and automatically turn the wheels of said automobiles and other vehicles back into the highway from the course to which they' have started towards the precipices.

The invention, novel features, details of construction, combination of parts, and other objects of the invention, will be hereinafter more particularly set v forth,` illustrated in the accompanying one sheet drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is hereby madeA to the drawing f forming a part of this application, of which There is shown a perspective view of the device partially in section, showing the manner of installing and contacting the car wheel with the safety guard.

Similar characters designate all like parts.

The device consists of a metallic guard 18, placed alongthe outer edge, or other dangerousV location, of a highway for automobiles, or other vehicles. It would prefer# ably be expected to parallel the roadway.`

The guard 18 principally consists of an upL right portion extending downwardly from f its top 15 to the upper portion of a curve 14 near its bottom. The lower portion thereof lis curved inwardly at 14 towards the roadbed to a point 13 where it reaches the roadbed. The guard is intended -to be applied to all kinds of roadbeds, including rock,l concrete, brick, asphalt, and the like. A metallic anchor is securely embedded under said roadbed, as shown at 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the concrete or other formation 3. The longest dimension of the anchor 4 is preferably parallel with the surface of the roadbed 1; the lowest portion 5 is a prong extending downwardly and outwardly be ow said horizontal portion;`at the outermost point of the anchor the horizontal portion 4 and the inclined portion 7 are securely fastened by a bolt 11 and a nut 10, or other securing means. The inclined metallic arm 7 risesat approximately 45 to the point 12 a short i distance below the top 15 of sald guard 18, where, at point 12 it is turned downwardly and the downwardly extendin portion 6 isJ securely fastened to said para lel portion 4 by bolt 9 and nut 8, or other securing means. The vertical or upright portion 6 is securely fastened to the guard 18 by bolts 19 Aand nuts 20, or other securing means. The inclined arm 7 and the vertical member 6 tof gether constitute a brace for holding the upright guard firmly in place. These anchors are placed at such intervals along the guard and roadway as, with the general curve of the guard, the concave curve 13 and the form of the wheel at contacting point 17, to

befsuiiiciently strong to protect the guard from allowing any vehicle from pushing or bending the guard over. It will also be seen by those familiar with the art to which my invention pertains that the principal force of an impact of an automobile or other vehicle `against the guard will come primarily on the anchor near its top 12, the force of the impact would then be transferred along the inclined member 7 to 10 and along the horizontal portion 4 and to the lower end of the prong, or shank 5, requiring a tremendous pressure to turn or override the anchor. The curve of the guard 18 and the inwardly curved portion at the bottom thereof beginning at 13 near the roadbed and ending at 14 thereabove automatically act to turn the wheels of theautomobile 16 back into the highway proper when the wheell strikes the curved portion at the bottom of the guard 18 at point of Contact 17. It will be understood the guard 18 will be suiciently low so as to prevent the hub of the wheel of the automobile from striking the guard and veering the automobile towards the guard, and wrecking the car or overriding the guard, and also preventing the wheel of the car from contacting the curve 13 at point of contact 17 so as to turn the wheel and car back into the highway proper. The force of the movement of the car and the slant of the curves 13 and 14 and the curve where it extends downwardly and outward-- 1y from point 12 to 10.

From the description of the one sheet accompanying drawing and the specifications, the advantages of the'making, constructing, applying and operating of the guard will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which my invention pertains; but'it will be Aunderstood that any modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction, operation and applica tion wit-hout departing from the principle of the invention, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A safety road guard embodying a longitudinallyurved upright member having its lower edge curved toward the roadbed, a

metallic anchor for embedment in the road' bed, and an angular brace attached to said upright and to sa'id anchor.

2. A safety road guard embodying a longitudinally curved upright member having 1ts lower edge curved toward the roadbed, a metallic anchor for embedment in the roadbed, and an angular brace attached to said upright and to saidanchor, said lower curved edge being adapted to rest upon the roadbed and the attachment of said member to the brace being rigid and -non-resilient.

3. A safety road guard embodying an upright member having its lower edge curved toward the roadbed, 'an anchor for embedmentin the roadbed, and a brace attached to said upright and to said anchor.

4. A safety road guard embodying an upright member having its lower edge curved toward the roadbed, an anchor for embedment in the roadbed, and a brace attached to` said upri ht and to said anchor, said lower curved e ge of the upright being adapted to rest upon the roadbed and the attachment of said member to the brace being rigid and non-resilient.

5. A safety road guard embodyin an upright member parallel with a road ed and having its lower edge curved toward the roadbed, a' metallic anchor embedded in the roadbed, and an angular brace attached to the upright and to the anchor.

In testimony whereof, I` hereto set my hand.

HARRY o. LooKABAUGH. 

